Halloween Havoc 2000

Halloween Havoc 2000 Review



This one comes at the request of Joshua Strangle from the awesome Facebook page known as Yes! Yes! Yes! (definitely check it out). I've not reviewed a WCW show since the mediocre Slamboree 2000 so I'm looking forward to this one.


I know nothing about this one (or anything about WCW in general) so I'm not gonna have any factoids about anything happening at the time unless the video packages give me something to go on.


Live from Las Vegas!


Boogie Knights vs NBT vs The Filthy Animals
The World Tag Titles are on the line. Those are some awful tag team names. Even TNA would say no to those ones. Thankfully Rey Mysterio and Billy Kidman were involved so there was always a chance of it being pretty good. I had forgotten that Rey had his mask off at this point so it was strange to watch him work without it. This was a good choice for the opener as the action was frantic and fast-paced and never became boring at all. It did turn into a bit of a clusterfuck at the end but it was still fun to watch. Good start to the show, let's just hope they can keep it up. ***1/4


And before we even have time for a quick break the Hardcore match is about to start.



Reno vs Sgt AWOL
The Hardcore Title is on the line. Sounds like a direct rip off of the WWF to me. I don't know either of these guys but what kind of a name is Sgt AWOL? Even NXT would call that fucking ridiculous. This match was just all weapon shots with no rhyme or reason to them at all. The spot with two tables being used looked pretty cool though. It definitely should have been the finish and Reno should have sold it more instead of getting straight up and fighting again. A completely forgettable match that went on for too long. *



 Shawn Stasiak & Chuck Palumbo vs Corporal Cajun & Lt. Loco
And again with the bad ring names. One of those strange names is Chavo Guerrero Jr. Apparently this is an impromptu match. Sounds just like WCW to give us a match that wasn't announced before the show. It seems like there are way too many matches on this show. Anyway this was just a generic tag match that had nothing special going on. It wasn't that entertaining to watch and it's only purpose was to set up the split between Stasiak and Palumbo. Another forgettable match that went on for too long. *1/2



Shane Douglas & Torrie Wilson vs Tygress & Konnan
Torrie was dressed up as Wonder Woman for some reason. Konnan didn't appear at the beginning of the contest as he had been taken out by Jindrak & O'Hare, but he finally appeared after Tygress had gotten her ass kicked. Torrie was pretty awful in there and even worse than she was in the WWE. Shane was good in his role as a complete asshole, going so far as to punch Tygress in the face. Another bland match except this one had a pretty fun finish to save it from being a complete failure. 1/2*


This show went downhill in a hurry.



David Flair vs Buff Bagwell : DNA Match
They never explained but apparently this is just a first blood match. Why not call it that then? A DNA match just sounds idiotic. I don't even know why these guys are feuding or why this match is necessary. David tried copying his dad's spots, but it really didn't look good. This wasn't a long match thankfully but it was still awful. There was no drama to whatsoever and David never once looked like a threat. The finish came out of nowhere and no one seemed to know what they were doing. Just like WCW in general I guess. DUD. That is one of the worst things I've ever watched.


David still manages to get Buff's DNA sample gives it to some lab doctors. WHY???


I wish I wasn't watching this in the morning so I could start drinking.



Mike Sanders vs The Cat : Kickboxing Match
Seriously? You have the Cruiserweight Champion and you can't give him a standard match that might have been good? When has anything involving boxing or kickboxing been a good idea in wrestling? Never! That's why it shouldn't be done! The Cat just dominated this entire thing and it still ended with the usual WCW crap as Cat is counted out while fighting Shane Douglas outside the ring. I wouldn't normally rate something that wasn't a wrestling match this one deserves a big fat DUD for even existing.


December to Dismember isn't looking so bad right now.



Mike Awesome vs Vampiro
Vampiro, to me, seems like one of the most overrated wrestlers ever. Then again I've never really seen his stuff outside of WCW. I'll just take Jericho's word for it. What the hell is with Awesome's 70s gimmick? It looks awful. I thought this could have been the match to get the show back on track, but it really wasn't. It started off well enough with some high flying from Awesome and some brawling through the crowd, but once they were back in the ring it slowed down to a snail's pace and was pretty hard to watch as it turned into a sloppy mess. Plus they failed to mention that this had Falls Count Anywhere rules. This showed potential and just turned ugly in a hurry. That's about five bad matches in a row for this show. 1/4*



Lance Storm & Jim Duggan vs General Rection
And if I thought that all the other names tonight were bad, Rection's just took the fucking cake and won the top prize. I thought that Lance Storm could stop this one from being truly awful and he did try his best to keep things entertaining, but unfortunately he wasn't working with very good workers. Duggan really shouldn't be an anti-American character. Just a very uninteresting match here, and it doesn't help that Rection completely missed his finishing moonsault as well. This'll be forgotten very soon. 1/2*



Sting vs Jeff Jarrett
I think this feud is based on Jarrett calling Sting a has-been, washed up wrestler. Well there's a perfect example of the pot calling the kettle black. Sorry Jarrett but I prefer Drew McIntyre as my Chosen One. Apparently this is No DQ. Thanks for telling us guys. Someone dressed as the old Sting comes out to distract the real Sting for some reason. Another Sting appears. Oh God this is gonna happen a lot isn't it? This entire match is just Sting fighting imposters. FIVE Sting's in total make an appearance and Jarrett hits the real Sting with a guitar for the win. Fuck this match. I've never given negative stars before but I guess there's a first time for everything. One of the worst things I've ever had the displeasure of watching. -***



Booker T vs Scott Steiner
The WCW World Title is on the line. These guys had a pretty good match on the final episode of Monday Nitro so I was hoping to God that this would have been good. Unfortunately I was disappointed yet again. Booker tried hard here but Steiner was just bad. Steiner just dominated Booker for almost the entire match and Booker never really got a proper comeback before the stupid DQ finish. Why would Steiner get himself DQ'd if he wanted the Title? Goddamn it WCW just do something good! At least it's the first match that's not truly terrible in quite a while. *1/2



Goldberg vs Kronik
This match has been built up to all night long, so of course it's only a three minute squash. I really have nothing else to add to this except for DUD. I'm so damn relieved to be finished with this show.



0.5/10. WOW. Freaking WOW. That's the lowest rating I've ever given any show and I don't think it'll ever be beaten. This is just the worst of the worst. The opening tag match is good but not worth going out of your way to see and just about everything after that ranges from bad to absolutely fucking dreadful. Never make a drinking game out of this one where you drink everytime some awful happens becuase you'd be dead after the first hour. Just unbelievably bad and should never be watched by any sane human being.